Tuesday, April 18, 2017

New Open Access Journal: Studies in Digital Heritage

Studies in Digital Heritage
publishes peer-reviewed articles, monographs, and special issues
treating the entire gamut of topics in the field of Digital Heritage.

his peer-reviewed, online journal publishes innovative work applying
new digital technologies to the various fields of cultural heritage such
as Anthropology, Archaeology, Art History, Architectural History,
Classics, Conservation Science, Egyptology, and History. The journal
welcomes submissions treating any and all technologies applied to the
study of these fields.

While the journal covers the gamut of
topics relating to the use of technology in the study of cultural
heritage, its special emphasis is on 3D technologies, including 3D data
capture, processing of 3D models, theory and practice of 3D restoration
of cultural heritage objects, use of 3D models in research and
instruction, metadata and paradata standards and best practices for 3D
models, and the use of 3D models on VR and AR devices as well as on web
pages.

Hence, when appropriate, authors are encouraged to embed
interactive 3D models into their articles in place of traditional 2D
illustrations. The journal supports WebGL solutions currently in use by
professionals in the field, including 3DHop, Sketchfab, and Unity.

From time to time the journal will publish special issues on a particular topic.

Research
leading to the creation of this journal was generously supported by the
National Science Foundation (grant # IIS-1014956; and see the related article by D. Koller, B. Frischer, and G. Humphreys, "Research Challenges for Digital Archives of 3D Cultural Heritage Models," JOCCH 5, 2009, pp. 1-20).

The primary focus of the project is notice and comment on open access material relating to the ancient world, but I will also include other kinds of networked information as it comes available.

The ancient world is conceived here as it is at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University, my academic home at the time AWOL was launched. That is, from the Pillars of Hercules to the Pacific, from the beginnings of human habitation to the late antique / early Islamic period.

AWOL is the successor to Abzu, a guide to networked open access data relevant to the study and public presentation of the Ancient Near East and the Ancient Mediterranean world, founded at the Oriental Institute, University of Chicago in 1994. Together they represent the longest sustained effort to map the development of open digital scholarship in any discipline.